FLINDERS CFA is recruiting new members. The brigade, which started in 1945 as the South East Bushfire Brigade in an old shed in Flinders Park, was incorporated in the Country Fire Authority in 1945, moving to Barker Street in 1981, where a new fire station was built in 2017.
Flinders is one of the CFA’s 1222 brigades and has 23 members including five women. The brigade trains or meets three times a month and responds to about 30 calls a year, mostly during the December to March bushfire season. It also attends major fires throughout Victoria and interstate.
For more details about Flinders CFA call Jan Connell on 0421 323 481 or Warren Joel 0418 316 135. Interested volunteers can also go to CFA online for more information and to lodge an expression of interest in joining the brigade.
First published in the Mornington News – 16th April 2024
